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APA Formatting and Style (7th ed.)

NAU Guide to APA

Reference Page Examples - Webpage on a Website

Do not use the copyright date from a webpage or website footer. If the statement "last updated" appears on a page, use that date if it applies to the information cited. If there is no separate date of publication on a webpage, treat the information as having no date (American Psychological Association [APA], 2020, p. 289).

American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.).

https://doi.org./10.1037/0000165-000.

Use this format for articles published in online news sources:

Pattern:

Author, A. A. & Author, B.B. (year, Month day). Title of work. Website name. https://www.xxxxxxx

Example:

Stewart, P. & Ali, Idrees. (2022, December 12). Burning through ammo, Russia using 40-year-old rounds,

U.S. official says. Reuters. https;//www.reuters.com/world/europe/burning-through-ammo-russia-using-40-

year-old-rounds-us-official-says-2022-12-12/

Pattern A:

Name of Group. (year, Month day). Title of document. Parent Agencies not present in the Author

element. https://www.xxxxxxx

Example A (one parent agency not present in the author element):

Indian Health Service. (n.d.). Community health. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

https://www.ihs.gov/communityhealth/

Example B (two parent agencies not present in the author element):

National Cancer Institute. (n.d.). About cancer. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,

National Institutes of Health. https://www.cancer/gov/about-cancer

Note: Use this category if there is no other reference category that fits the type of reference and if the work has no parent or overarching publication (i.e. , journal, blog conference proceeding) other than the website itself.

Pattern:

Name of Group. (year, Month day). Title of document. https://www.xxxxxxx

Example:

Medicins Sans Frontieres-Doctors Without Borders. (n.d.). Who we are.

https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/who-we-are

*** Remember: Each source listed on the reference page must correspond to at least one in-text citation in the body of the paper; each in-text citation must correspond to a source listed on the reference page.

Note 1: Use this category if there is no other reference category that fits the type of reference and if the work has no parent or overarching publication (i.e., journal, blog conference proceeding) other than the website itself.
Note 2: Use the title as it appears on the webpage (usually in larger print before the text of the article). Do not use any different text that appears in the browser tab.

Pattern:

Name of Company or Organization. (year, Month day). Title of webpage. https://www.xxxxxxx

Example:

Tableau Software. (n.d.). Why choose Tableau? https://www.tableau.com/why-tableau

*** Remember: Each source listed on the reference page must correspond to at least one in-text citation in the body of the paper; each in-text citation must correspond to a source listed on the reference page.

Note: Use this category if there is no other reference category that fits the type of reference and if the work has no parent or overarching publication (i.e., journal, blog conference proceeding) other than the website itself.

Pattern:

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year, Month day). Title of document. Website name. https://www.xxxxxxx

Example:

Ralph, M. (2022, December 6). How to cultivate a sense of belonging in schools. Edutopia.

https://www.edutopia.org/article/importance-belonging-in-schools

*** Remember: Each source listed on the reference page must correspond to at least one in-text citation in the body of the paper; each in-text citation must correspond to a source listed on the reference page.

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